Climate hawks fear Tom Steyer’s presidential run could backfire

Published July 13, 2019 4:00am ET



Environmentalists are not enthusiastic about California billionaire Tom Steyer’s late entrance into the presidential race and worry his campaign could backfire.

“Eh. There’s no clamor for him to run,” said R.L. Miller, founder of the liberal voter mobilization group Climate Hawks Vote and the head of the California Democratic Party’s environmental caucus. “I don’t know how he’d find a lane.”

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